Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 03:04:18 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@ontario.mooseriver.com> To: zaph0d <zaph0d@abatis.sweb.com> Cc: Arturas Sileikis <art@el.vtu.lt>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD K6-2, K6-3 Message-ID: <19990414030418.A32617@ontario.mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990414053755.3002A-100000@abatis.sweb.com>; from zaph0d on Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 05:40:41AM -0400 References: <37145A75.3D9D95C@el.vtu.lt> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990414053755.3002A-100000@abatis.sweb.com>
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On Wed, Apr 14, 1999 at 05:40:41AM -0400, zaph0d wrote: > Just for reference, > > I've got a Cyrix k6-2 233 running 3.1 - and it preforms great, > except sometimes it spontaneously reboots, and other times just freezes. > There are no error messages from the kernels, as best I can tell. I also > do not have a dumpdev set. I have noticed the same problem with the AMD K6-2 233. While building a number of servers for an ISP I had a lot of trouble with the 233s. Depending on how I jumpered the motherboard for bus speed and multiplier it either spontaneously rebooted, refused to reboot from the "reboot" command, or would not compile anything without gcc getting a sig 11. When I would replace the 233 with a 300 the system would work flawlessly. I suspect that the fact that clock speed is not an even multiple of the bus speed causes a problem with some motherboards. I suggest that that you either change motherboards or go with a K6-2 300. Mine has been working flawlessly for 6 months now. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.1 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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